Sabtu, 26 April 2025

Trump memecoin team denies $300K dinner; Swiss bank snubs BTC reserves


TRUMP token holders don't need $300K for dinner with the president, and Switzerland isn't buying the Bitcoin reserve hype.	͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏	View in browser

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Trump Memecoin Team Shoots Down $300K Dinner Rumors

The Trump memecoin crew just shut down the latest wild rumor flying around Crypto Twitter. Word was that you'd need to hold at least $300,000 worth of TRUMP tokens to snag a seat at an upcoming dinner with the man himself.

But the project's official X account says absolutely not.

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Pokémon Eyes Web3? Polymarket Bets Big on the Next Pope

There's been some wild crossover chatter this week—Pokémon and crypto?

Yep, rumors are flying that the monster-catching franchise could be stepping into Web3 via the Sui blockchain. A sneaky little privacy policy tweak has been buried in the latest update for Pokémon HOME, their cloud-based app for managing Pokémon across games. No official word yet, but the crypto crowd is buzzing.

Meanwhile, over on Polymarket, the bets are heating up for the next pope. Following Pope Francis' passing on April 21, Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle is a top contender according to bettors. If he's elected, it would mark the first Filipino and first Asian pope in Catholic history.

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Swiss National Bank Says "Nope" to Bitcoin Reserves

The Swiss National Bank is giving Bitcoin the cold shoulder. Crypto advocates have been pressuring Switzerland's central bank to diversify into BTC amid global economic jitters—but SNB Chair Martin Schlegel isn't budging.

At today's shareholder meeting in Bern, Schlegel doubled down, saying crypto "can't currently fulfill the requirements" for their reserves. Stability and security top their list—and for now, Bitcoin doesn't make the cut.

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Nous Research Scores $50M to Build Decentralized AI on Solana

Big money is flowing into decentralized AI.

Nous Research just secured $50 million in a Series A round led by Paradigm, pushing its valuation to a cool $1 billion (that's billion with a B).

They're building open-source AI models powered by Solana and global computing networks, taking a swing at the centralized AI giants. This marks one of the biggest raises at the AI-blockchain intersection so far.

SCAMS & HACKS

New Phone, Who Dis? Maybe a Hacker.

There's a new crypto scam making the rounds where fake smartphones come preloaded with malware. You could buy a shiny new phone, set up your crypto wallet, and lose it all—without ever knowing you were compromised the second that phone powered on.